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(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 06/04/2018 8:53 AM EDT It's no secret that Walt Disney had a passion for flying. He had his own private jets and tried to incorporate flying into his many of his animated films. Of course, this enthusiasm naturally lent itself to telling the story of J. M. Barrie's classic character, Peter Pan. As a boy living in Neverland and refusing to grow up, Pet... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 05/31/2018 9:36 AM EDT Survival...Perseverance…Strength. How much can we as human beings handle when pushed to our limits? How strong is our will to live? For Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley; Divergent Series) those questions would be answered in one of the most terrifying events as she struggled to live at sea after a category four hurricane... Read More |
 
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 05/29/2018 4:44 PM EDT It is hard to believe that our love affair with dinosaurs was satisfied twenty-five years ago when Jurassic Park "roared" into movie theaters worldwide. The film became a phenomenon and sparked the imagination of scientists everywhere. Imagine being able to create dinosaurs from their own fossilized DNA. The fi... Read More |
(Maureen Buccellato) 05/29/2018 8:59 AM EDT Fury, released in 2014, takes place in 1945 and tells the story of a group of men who are the crew members of an M4 Sherman "Easy Eight" tank, which they have nicknamed "Fury". We follow this tight-knit group of men throughout their mission as they struggle to make their way through Nazi Germany. Now, you can watch this ep... Read More |
 
(Leonard Buccellato) 05/24/2018 9:00 AM EDT Clint Eastwood is an icon. There's no debate here, his impact on Hollywood as an actor, producer, and director cannot be overstated. His last three films have been about everyday heroes that have managed extraordinary feats of courage and it seems his goal is to counteract the superhero culture prevalent in Hollywood today. I fo... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 05/22/2018 10:52 PM EDT Why are we so fascinated by war? Time after time movies depicts historical battles with dramatic flair and an increasing level of blood and violence. If you were to Google movies about World War II I'm sure there will a plethora of films listed and probably the same for the Revolutionary and Civil wars. Once such film was 2000's T... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 05/22/2018 6:58 AM EDT Let's face it, you can't stop progress…or can you? One age led into another and made way for innovation and change. But what if the older age fought back? From the people who created Wallace and Gromit and Chicken Run they now give you Early Man. The stop-motion/claymation animated fea... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 05/21/2018 11:53 PM EDT The world of espionage is a never-ending game of cat and mouse. Countries spying on each other in an attempt to find out their dirty little secrets. Agents all over the world working with and against each other simply to get the upper hand. While most of us live in ignorant bliss and think these dealings only happen in the movies,... Read More |
(Nathan M Rose) 05/21/2018 4:50 PM EDT Back in the late 1980s, a little film called Die Hard, starring an unknown action star at the time whose only previous body of work was in comedy, came crashing onto the screen and the action genre has never been the same. Now, for its 30th Anniversary, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing the film like it has never been released b... Read More |
(Allison Hazlett-Rose) 05/21/2018 8:24 AM EDT "There's a glitch in The Matrix". Anyone who was over the age of ten in 1999 should know what that statement means. The film, directed by the Wachowski Brothers - now Sisters- changed the face of action movies forever in one two hour block of time. The highly stylized look of The Matrix has been talked about and studied ... Read More |